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The Roman de Thebes and The Roman d'Eneas (Hardcover)
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The Roman de Thebes and The Roman d'Eneas (Hardcover)
Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe
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The two romances translated in this volume, the Roman de Thebes and
the Roman d'Eneas, form, along with the Roman de Troie by Benoit de
Sainte-Maure, a group of texts that are of considerable importance
within French and European literature and culture. Composed between
c. 1150 and c. 1165, these romances create a bridge between
classical tales (the Thebes is based on the Thebaid of Statius, the
Eneas on the Aeneid of Virgil) and the burgeoning vernacular
romances, represented especially by Chretien de Troyes. As a group,
these three works are frequently known as the romances of antiquity
(romans d'antiquite) and they introduce into French literature the
dominant contemporary themes of chivalry and love. They are set
against a feudal and courtly background in which themes such as
war, prowess inheritance and the possession of land are crucial. As
they adapt their Latin sources, these romances, especially the
Eneas, exploit the works of Ovid, especially in the presentation of
the theme of love, and they also make use of the principles of
rhetorical composition as studied in the schools (both romances
contain remarkable examples of descriptions of both people and
objects). This is the first volume to contain two complete
translations of the three romances of antiquity. The translation of
the Roman d'Eneas is the first English translation of this text
since that of John A. Yunck in 1974.
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